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Letters Patent No. 97,480, dated .Deve'm-ber 7, 1869.

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The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may conce/rn:

Be it known that I, R. A. GownLL, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have in- Vvented a certain new and improved Gar-Motor; and I do herebydeclare that the following isa full and complete description ofthesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view.

Figure 2 is a detached section, that will be referred to in the description.

` Like letters refe-r to like parts.

The nature of this invention relates to the construction of a device for a car-motor, to be operated by one man, in moving heavy or loaded cars, by which the labor is speedily and easily performed, and consists of a lever, having attached two stares, so arranged that they operate in a walking manner, one stati' holding thelcar in place, or preventing its backward movement, while the other is carried forward;

In the drawing- A representsa lever, one end of which is curved downward, as represented, and to which is jointed at a. the head-block '13. This head-block is provided with a shoulder, in which the corner of the oar rests.

`'.lo this lieadblock B is jointed a walking-staff, C.

D is a similar staif, being jointed to the lever A, as

seen.

The lower ends ofv these stave's are provided with metallic feet, I I, having sharp edges, so that when placed on the ange of the rail, they cut into said rail suiciently to hold them from slipping orbeng moved backward by the weight ofthe car.

b b are springs secured to the sta-ves, and extend down on the opposite' side of the rail from the feet,

as seen in the drawing. The object of these `springs is to keep the feet on the flange of the rail.

l Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the head-block-B, showing the slots E F. -In these slots are pivoted the dogs G H, theobject of which is'to fasten the head-block to the car, as

shown in g. l, in which .I represents a portion of a car, the points xx ofthe dogs catching in said oar.

The device is placed in the position shown in iig. l; the shoulder lplaced under the corner of the oar, as stated; then, by a slight depression of the leve-.r A,

the dog E is thrown so as to catohfinto the ear, and,

by still depressing the lever, the flange c of the lever will strike against the dog 11, `and force that into the oar, thus holding it secure whilel being propelled.

By working the leversup and down, the staves C D are alternately caused to hold fast upon the rail, thus forlninga fulcrum, and the car is carried forward, and, at the same time, the staff, not acting as a fnlcrnm, is made to move forward, and, in its turn, becomes afulcruni. By this means, the stavesI are performing a walking-operation, the one holding what the other gains, vand Vprevent the liability of the ear falling back in oase of moving npa grade;

It will also be observed, that by making the lever curved, as shown, whenoperating, it does not perform a lifting action as much as a pushing forward.

By the use of this device, one man is able to perform, with great ease and rapidity, the work of several men.

What I claim as new, and desire to seonre by yLetters Patent, is-

The self-adjusting dogs E F, and head-block B, in combination with the lever A and the'walking-staves C D, having the sharp-edged metal feet I and springs b b, all arranged as herein set forth. A A

Witnesses: R. A. GOWELL.

J. M. HENDERSON, y l.. B. HILLIARD. 

